History timeline
US
32 periods and events, 14000 BCE – 2021.
Periods and events
| When | Period or event | Kind | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14000–7900 BCE | Paleo-Indians and Clovis culture古印第安人与克洛维斯文化 The first peoples reach the Americas near the end of the last Ice Age. Dates are approximate. | Other | Source |
| 8000–1000 BCE | Archaic period古风期 Hunter-gatherers adapt to a warming continent, with the beginnings of agriculture and settled life. | Other | Source |
| 100 BCE – 1300 | Ancestral Puebloans阿纳萨齐人（祖先普韦布洛人） Southwestern peoples build the cliff dwellings and great houses of Mesa Verde and Chaco Canyon. | Other | Source |
| 800 – 1400 | Mississippian culture and Cahokia密西西比文化与卡霍基亚 Mound-building societies of the east; Cahokia becomes the largest city north of Mexico. | Dynasty or era | Source |
| 1450 | Iroquois Confederacy易洛魁联盟 The Haudenosaunee league of nations forms in the northeast. Founding date is traditional and approximate. | Politics | Source |
| 1565 | Spanish Florida (St. Augustine)西属佛罗里达（圣奥古斯丁） Spain founds St. Augustine, the oldest continuously inhabited European settlement in the US. | Colonial | Source |
| 1585 – 1590 | Roanoke colony罗阿诺克殖民地 England's first attempt at a colony, which vanished, becoming the "Lost Colony". | Colonial | Source |
| 1607 – 1765 | Colonial period殖民时期 | Colonial | |
| 1607 | Jamestown, Virginia founded by the English英国人建立弗吉尼亚詹姆斯敦 | Colonial | |
| 1765 – 1783 | American Revolution and Confederation period美国革命与邦联时期 | Politics | |
| 1861 – 1865 | American Civil War美国内战 | War | |
| 1870 – 1914 | The Second Industrial Revolution第二次工业革命 | Economy | |
| 1870 – 1899 | The Gilded Age镀金时代 | Economy | |
| 1876 | Invention of the telephone电话的发明 Alexander Graham Bell is granted the telephone patent. | Technology | Source |
| 1879 | Practical incandescent light实用白炽灯 Edison demonstrates a commercially viable electric light bulb. | Technology | Source |
| 1903 | First powered flight首次动力飞行 The Wright brothers achieve controlled, powered, heavier-than-air flight at Kitty Hawk. | Technology | Source |
| 1917 – 1919 | World War I (US involvement)第一次世界大战（美国参战） | War | |
| 1920 – 1929 | Roaring Twenties咆哮的二十年代 | Economy | |
| 1929 – 1941 | Great Depression大萧条 | Economy | |
| 1929 – 2018 | Ursula K. Le Guin厄休拉·勒古恩 A defining author of science fiction and fantasy whose anthropological, philosophical style probed gender, politics and Taoism, raising the genre's literary standing. Example: The Left Hand of Darkness (1969). | Literature | Source |
| 1941 – 1945 | World War II (US involvement)第二次世界大战（美国参战） | War | |
| 1944 – 1973 | Bretton Woods Agreement and System布雷顿森林协定与体系 | Economy | |
| 1945 – 1964 | Post-war era战后时期 | Politics | |
| 1945 | Electronic computer (ENIAC)电子计算机（ENIAC） One of the first general-purpose electronic digital computers. | Technology | Source |
| 1947 – 1989 | Cold War冷战 | War | |
| 1950 – 1953 | Korean War朝鲜战争 | War | |
| 1955 – 1975 | Vietnam War越南战争 | War | |
| 1965 – 1980 | Civil rights era民权运动时期 | Movement | |
| 1969 | The Internet (ARPANET)互联网（ARPANET） ARPANET's first host-to-host connection, forerunner of the modern Internet. | Technology | Source |
| 1981 – 1991 | Reagan era里根时代 | Politics | |
| 1991 – 2008 | Post–Cold War era后冷战时期 | Politics | |
| 2001 – 2021 | War in Afghanistan阿富汗战争 | War |